A violent drug user who killed his lawyer girlfriend, a police officer who raped a woman while his wife slept in an adjoining room, and a former champion fell-runner who attempted to kill an official in a row over test samples are among the criminals jailed in the past month.

Here are some of the criminals behind bars after being sentenced in March.

Dean Marcus Jones

The violent drug user was handed a 17-and-a-half-year sentence for killing his lawyer girlfriend at their Swanseahome.

Swansea Crown Court heard Jones tried to flee the scene by climbing out of a window and down a fire escape into a rear yard but was caught by police.

Her brave family gave a moving tribute on the steps of the courthouse after the sentencing.

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Drugs gang

There were eight members of the drugs gang who have been jailed for a total of more than 50 years

Members of a drugs gang who plotted to flood South Wales with £1m of class A drugs have jailed for a total of more than 50 years.

Cardiff Crown Court was told police uncovered a “professional, well-organised, drug supply gang operating in south Wales and that when vehicles were followed, the source led them to the north-west of England - with it becoming obvious that the source was in Liverpool.